Sequel to Snow White?!

[Rich Bellacera]

I saw the same petition on the Usenet and checked out some of the 
petitioners' comments.

I'm afraid that in this case, I may be in the minority around here and 
over there as well.

While I haven't been a big fan of some of the sequels  (Return of Jafar, 
Belle's Magical World, Pocahontas 2, Little Mermaid 2), I have adored 
some of the others (B&tB2: Enchanted Christmas, LK2: Simba's Pride, 
L&tT2" Scamp's Adventure, Toy Story 2), and I'm fairly certain there are 
some I won't enjoy (Cinderella2, Hunchback2) and others I will that are 
upcoming (Bug's Life2, Hercules2, Tarzan2, Atlantis2), and others I 
don't know enough about to comment yet (Snow White2, 101 Dalmatians2, 
Dumbo2, Mulan2, Oliver & Co2).   If I could make requests, I'd love to 
see Disney make a sequel to DuckTales, Gargoyles and Three Caballeros!

Still, to restore the "on-topicness" of this subject, I can't help but 
recall that as fans of Disney Comics we are pretty much used to sequels 
of these films anyhow.  I mean, Taran/Black Cauldron had a fairly long 
running serial in France, Scamp from Lady & the Tramp actually had one 
of the longest runs in newspapers and comics, Bambi's Children had their 
own comic, and we've seen many, many other "further adventures" stories 
of nearly every cartoon film character in comics.  

I must say that personally, I prefer the "universes" staying as seperate 
as possible, keeping Captain Hook out of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey 
Mouse stories, but crossover stories are also a tradition in Disney 
Comics... not nearly as much as in the past, but it is still a tradition 
nonetheless.

For me, making a sequel to a film is no different from making a 
comicbook or an animated TV series based on the futher adventures of 
those same characters.  Sure, they're not going to appeal to everyone, 
but there are some who will be attracted to them.  I loved the LITTLE 
MERMAID animated TV series and the comicbook series published while 
Marvel was licensed, but, like I said, I didn't like the recent film sequel.

I don't have much else to share on the subject, but I think there is a 
market for sequels, whether in comicbook or animated series or film form.

-Rich Bellacera
xephyr at onemain.com